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BICYCLE LANTERN BRACKET.

No. 558,669. Patented Apr. 21, 1896.

GEORGE F. lVOODMAN, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALFTO JAMES F. OARENS, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-LANTERN BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,669, dated April21, 1896. Application filed December 7, 1895. Serial No. 571,355. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. \VOODMAN, of N ewburyport, in the countyof Essex and State of'Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bicycle-Lantern Brackets, of which the following, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and use ful improvements inbicycle-lantern brackets, and its object is to suspend the lantern insuch a manner as to obviate all possibility of the light going out.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as applied to anordinary bicyclelantern.

Figure 1 shows the brackets E E and the springs H H with the lantern Fin position as attached to the head of a bicycle by the rods D D and theclamps N N. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the adjustable clamp N and aportion of the rod D. Fig. 3 shows a side.

view of the bracket E, showing the coiled springs H H and a portion ofthe rod D. Fig. 4c shows a top view of the bracket E .and the positionof the springs H H H. Fig. 5 is a top view of the adjustable clamp N,showing the rod D and the head A in section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The lantern F is suspended perpendicularly in front of the head of themachine by means of the springs H H, which are attached to the bracketsE E. The rods D D, which support the brackets E E, to which they areattached bya screw-thread, as shown in Fig. 3, also form the posts forthe hinges T T on the clamps N N, and this is done by swaging theshoulder L and riveting the end B, as shown in Fig. 2.

The clamp N is adjustable at any height on the head A, and isheld firmlyin any position by the thumb -screw P, which, when it is tightened by atransverse pull on that portion of the rod D which forms the post forthe hinge T, holds the rod securely in position and prevents its beingturned from side to side.

The bracket E, which is screwed onto the rod D, has the springs H H Hattached to it by the lugs X, and there are similar lugs attached to thetop and bottom of the lantern F. The top springs are of sufficientstrength to support the weight of the lantern F, and the bottom springssimply prevent its undue vibration.

The clamps N N and the brackets E E are similar both for the top andbottom supports of the lantern F, the only difference in the supportsbeing the lengths of the rods D D.

It is well known that bicycle-lanterns are frequently extinguishedaccidentally, and this I maintain is due to sudden jars; and theadvantage of my invention is that the lantern is suspended in such amanner by the springs H H H II that in case of a jar to the bicycle theforce of the jar is entirely relieved by the upper and under springs H HH H. I

Another important feature of my invention is the adjustability of thesprings H H, by which the lantern is suspended and held by the positionof the clamps N N on the head A, so that if more tension is required onsaid springs the clamps N N are moved farther apart and if less tensionis required nearer together.

Another feature is the adaptability of the device to bicycles havingtheir heads at different angles, as the rods D D may be cut to anylengths in order to suspend the lantern perpendicularly to the plane ofthe machine.

The clamps N N maybe lined with rubber to prevent scarring the head ofthe machine.

1 therefore claim for my invention- 1. In a lanternbracket the rods D Dwhich support the brackets E E, and also pass through eyes on the adjustable clamps N N, said rods having the lugs L L, and being riveted atl3 13, whereby said rods form posts for the hinges of the adj ustableclamps N N,

substantially in the manner described.

2. In a lantern-bracket the coiled springs H H which are attached to therods D D, which are held in place by the adjustable clamps N N.

3. In a lantern-bracket the combination of.

the adjustable clamps N N, together with the two subscribing Witnesses,on this 5th day of rods D D,,and the brackets EE, said adjust- December,A. D. 1895. able clamps N N regulating the tension of the springs H H HII, by their position on the head GEORGE F. WVOODMAN. 5 A, substantiallyin the manner described. Vitnesses:

In testimony whereof I have signed my CHARLES W. LADD, name to thisspecification in the presence of FRANK G. STONE.

